Nailbrush



Patented Jan. 5, l1926.

ALEXANDER M. rIEASNIK, F NORWICH, CONNECTICUT.

NAILBBUSH.

Application fledfltlarch 7, 1925. Serial No. 13,672.

To all whom t may conce/m:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER M. PAS- NIK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Norwich, in the county of New London and State of Connecticut, have invented new and useful Improvements in Nailbrushes, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide V a nail-brush of a simple, inexpensive, and

very compact nature, convenient and yeffective to use, and possessing the further advantage that the brush proper when Worn can be discarded and replaced by a fresh k brush. The brush comprises two parts, separably connected, and formed and constructed in the manner which will be more particularly pointed out.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the assembled device, indicating the manner in which it is held; i

Fig. 2 is a cross-section at the middle of Fig. l; j

Fig. 3 is a cross-section of Fig. l, taken at the region of one of the studs;

gig. 4 is an elevation of the brush proper; an 1 Fig. 5 is an elevation of the they other part'of the device. l

The brush member2 has a thin back 3, with a row of bristles 4 set in one edge. Two slots or notches 5 extend in from the bar forming opposite edge, near the ends. Both of thesev n '7 notched to form finger and thiunb holds,`

enabling the device to be held between the thumb and a finger of one hand. The

brush member is applied flatly to one side face of the bar 6, -insuch mannerthat a margin 8 of the said face extends beyond the bristles to form a guide for the fingers theV nails of which are being cleaned. The bar has a pair of-studs,or headed pins, 9 50 which project fromits side face iny positions to be engaged by the slots 5, which are formed to grip the pins when the brush is slipped transversely straight yrearward into place, for which purpose the slots may be slightly divergent as shown, or otherwise slightly distorted to have a wedging orlo'cking action on the pins. The pressure of the nails against the brush in cleaning is rearward against the studs. Y

The brush member can be instantly applied to and removed from the guide bar. and when worn can be replaced by another. In use, the device can be held in any position desired, and the brush member is firmly u supported and held by the studs alone.

What is claimed as new is:

A nail-brush comprising a guide-bar having spaced headed studs projecting from one face thereof, a brush member comprising a thin back having bristles mounted on one edge thereof, Vsaid back being provided with a plurality of slots having their entrances for the studs disposed oppositely from the bristles, said back being arranged flat'against said guide-bar with the bristles terminating adjacent the edge of the guidebar and with the lugs frictionally engaged in said slots for detachably retaining the brush member inoperative relation to the Si guide-bar.

ALEXANDER M. PASNIK. 

